Today, we are trying "Wakashi" which is traditional Japanese sweets,
and I am very excited about this because Simon and I were saying how it feels kinda like
when we first arrived in Korea and we didn't know what the heck we were eating.
Some of the things we might love, and some of the things we might hate,
and I'm not gonna be able to teach you what all these things are right now
But we're just gonna have a good time diving in and trying everything
We literally went to the shop and got one of everything available.
For SCIENCE. For YOU GUYS.
S: SCIENCE! M:SCIENCE!!
Ok, so our original plan was to go to this place that we found online
that had great reviews, been around since 1953, and we were super excited to try all their stuff,
But turns out their indoor seating was kind of closed.
So we took all the stuff, got on our bikes, and went to the park.
We're right beside the Ghibli Museum, which is right there,
So we're just gonna sit here at a table, and we're just gonna enjoy some sweets.
M: and I'm gonna look at all the puppies...
Smells like warm waffles.
M: Tennis Balls...
M: Freshly cut grass...
M: Plums... Raspberries... S: Raspberries... Comes from France...
M: Burgundy!!! 1923!!!!
S: This is the Chateau Mont Blanc
What?
No. Salvadeer... Salvater... Ferdergie
S and M: Ahh yes....
Now we have had taiyaki before, but every taiyaki is a little bit different,
This one actually look more whole grainy
S: Yeah this looks a lot naturaler.
M: ... Naturaler... Words by Simon.
S: It's a fish.
M: It's a fish looking more naturaler. S: So natural.
M: Ready? S: Mmmhmmm
S and M:Mmmmm...
M: That is the thinnest crust I've ever had on Taiyaki.
M: This is more like a waffle.
S: Yeah and it still has that like chewy texture to it that's like mochi moshi.
That's the word I'm really loving in Japan now.
M: or was it, "Mochi mochi, fuwa fuwa"
M: I've actually honestly never had an outside like this before, because-
S: I know~
M: most taiyaki places have a batter.
S: ~Yeah
So when you eat it, it tastes like cakey? This one is much more like a thin cracker or waffle.
This tastes like it has rice flour in it.
M: Mmmm...
S: That's why it has that like... chewiness to it.
M: MmmHmm MmmHmm
Alright this table was super great, I give it a rating of about 8/10
S: Yep.
Now that the sun has come out, I give it a strong 2/10.
S: I got the one side is squinty, I don't want to do my best pirate impersonation for the rest of the video,
Let's go to another table.
We're gonna move to another table!
Nana nananana!
S: Oh yes, this table, better table.
M: This day thinks it can break us.
S: No~
M: This day wants us to give up.
Both: We're not giving up.
Until we open this bag and discover that everything has melted
And then, I'm gonna lick it off paper.
S: you know what? Nothing can stop us.
M: Nothing can break the day from me.
S: You think you could stop me from eating candy? *Snaps* you're wrong.
Starting with our first one, which we call "Yellow blog wrapped in leaf"
S: So this is the mango flavored... Something... It had "mango" and then it had Kanji
M: Umm this leaf came with it is-
S: Yeah.
M: - not from the tree and it keeps popping open
Question, do we eat it with the leaf?
S: So I'm gonna eat the mango one, and you're gonna eat the leaf.
M: I don't think that's how it works.
S: No, I don't think you eat it with the leaf. That would be weird.
M: I'm not a koala bear. Do I look like a koala bear to you? S: Are you supposed to eat it with the leaf?
M: No, you're supposed to eat it with the leaf. You can eat the leaf.
S: You eat the leaf.
M: No.
S: You eat the leaf.
M: I won't be part of it.
S: Rock paper scissors for the leaf.
I don't want the leaf.
S: Ok let's just bite into this.
M: Ok, it's actually firmer than I expected it to be,
That is what she said,
I expected this to be quite umm like mochi sticky?
But it's actually almost like, gelatinous.
Oh yeah, it is a little jelly-like.
M: Mmm hmm
Oh my gosh
This is gonna be great.
k you ready?
Give it a half bite
Don't give a full bite or I'll kill you.
M: You'll have to bike all the way back to that place. S: haHaHHAHAHAHAHHAHa
Hey, I'm trusting you.
S: *laughing maniacally*
Don't you do it...
S: hmmmMMMMM
That's all just like... Mango infused.... M: Magic.
It's like mango mashed potatoes.
M: Mango... There you go, Simon Stawski, dessert descriptor of the year.
S: Do you like mashed potatoes and do you like mango?
Imagine mashing mango into your potatoes.
M: you're not really selling this dessert.
S: eat it and tell me it's not mango mashed potatoes!
M: I will.
*Classical music*
M: Hmmmm
S: Think of mango..
M: Is this a desert pierogi?
S: - and then think of mashed potatoes
Do you see it?
M: No I don't. Mashed potatoes are savory
These are completely smooth
This tastes like
One of those sweet white beans, maybe?
S: I think it's white beans, yeah.
M: mashed with mango S: ~Yeah
it's so smooth
and on the outside here, there's a kind of clear jelly
that I expected to be tough
You go right through it with your teeth.
S: it's like mango...juice... jello...
M: You cannot be a dessert descriptor.
S: Of course I can! Mango, juice, jello
M: mmm hmm
Do you like jello and mango juice?
Cover that with mashed potato mango!
So I realize that we made a mistake for the last scene that we filmed
in which we only had one and we had to wait for the other person to eat
M: that's crazy talk
S: and I don't wanna wait for anybody to eat.
M: No~
S: So we're gonna have two this time.
M: there's something I find so magical about eating things wrapped in leaves.
S: Well you know what I think is great about this
This wrapping is as biodegradable as you get
You could litter-ally (literally) litter and nobody could tell
because this whole thing is leaves!
M: Guess what I'm gonna do. Ready? Ready for this?
S: Did we just litter on camera? M: Police come and arrest me.
S : Does that count as littering, or does that-
M: No~
S: -count as contributing to the environment?
M: wooooahh mine is really juicy. S: What is that? It's so speckley and awesome
I think mine is the mango one without the mango.
M: The traditional red-bean one.
S: The traditional red-bean one.
M: Let's take a bite.
M: How do I... The reeds...
I feel like I'm part of an ancient time.
S: You know what this tastes like?
When you first jump into a lake
M: *Close-up of a confused Martina
and you get that freshness of like water around you
M: *What the-
this has a taste -
M: *Come again?
S: -of when M: Face planting into a lake?
S: Not face planting, jumping into a lake.
Something about this tastes so clean.
M: I do not know what I just consumed.
S: How 'bout we trade? Trade.
M: These are soft, these are soft, this outside area
tastes like, you're like, "Oh that must be green tea"
and then you're like, "Oh that's not green tea!"
S: ~Oh
It's like another leaf
and it tastes like a chorophyll freshness
S: I'm telling you, there's a freshness in here!
M: ~Oh no
It tastes like a lake!
S: Eat the lake!
M: No, I'm not eating your lake.
S: Eat the lake. Eat the lake.
M: I'm not eating your diarrhea lake! S: Eat the lake.
S: It's not a diarr...I didn't poop in the lake yet!
M: You don't have to poop in a lake for it to be diarrhea lake, Simon...
S: Ok now before you try this,
S: I want you to close your eyes, and imagine that you're at a cottage.
S: Alright? And you're-
S:* Sees a doesn't give a d*mn Martina
S: bashdahtricjahoufhuwhbfugvro
S: IT'S A LAKE! TASTE THE LAKE! TASTE THE LAKE!
S: It's a lake, isn't it?
M: You see how fluffy it is? It's like marshmallow fluff.
Mine's the lake, right?
S: No
M: What?
M: The difference is...
S: Yours definitely tastes like... Chlorophylly.
M: Yeah. Mine, the outside layer I thought it was gonna be mochi like pounded rice,
S: ~Yeah.
But it's actually more like a marshmallow texture
S: Yeah!
M: You know like when you microwave a marshmallow or heat it up on the stove
and it has like that aerated fluff?
S: hmmm
Right? I don't know what that is!
S: No, I haven't had any mochi that's tasted like this before.
M: No.
M: and the outside layer of this one is like this thin jelly,
S: and it's transparent
and it's just like, and it tastes like a lake.
M: I totally disagree with you on the whole lake thing, but...
S: You've never swam in a lake probably.
Yeah that is weird!
M: I dunno what to say to that.
It doesn't necessarily taste bad,
S: A dao
S: Be free.
*Meemers singing* Song: "Colors of the Wind"
*fake sirens*
M: Japanese police show up on bicycles
or gigantic dogs...
Both: *gasps
S: This one is really pretty
Like it's a perfect cube and it's got like little pineapple in there
that one's gorgeous
M: I don't know what that is, it's almost like a passion fruit.
I'm gonna be eating what I've nicknamed, "The big turd"
S: Woah, look at that.
S and M: That's a big ol' turd.
S: Right there.
S: Here we go.
S: Mmmm!
M: That's not turd.
S: That's great!
M: Hmmm
S: That's like, a can of fruit!
S: That looks great.
S: What is it?
M: Childhood!
S: Flashback
S: Oh my gad!! M: flashback!
S: Flashback!
S and M: Mrs. Tomida!
S: Micky and Miho
M: Micky and Miho!
M: Mrs. Tomida served up these tiny little balls
covered in what I thought was turd
and when you bit inside of it, it was almost like a tapioca rice on the inside?
This is that. I remember as a kid being like, "This can't be dessert!"
Because it tasted, umm... really savorier than we're used to
S: Mmm Hmm
Like our North American taste buds definitely like sweeter things
S: ~Yeah.
and when you have like Japanese and Korean traditional desserts,
It's not as sugary as what I find.
S: Yeah. This looks so awesome.
M: You're definitely gonna get more of the inside, though cause I bit off all the outside.
S: Good!
S: Winner winner chicken dinner!
M: What the... Oh!
This has to be my least favorite one!
This tastes like fermented stuff.
M: This tastes like fruitcake.
When you have fruitcake, and the fruit has gone to that fermented stage
Where the pineapple and cherries and all the fruit on the inside
have that alcohol flavor to them
That's what this tastes like.
Do you taste the coconut-y kind of tapioca?
S : I think I just realized, I like red beans now.
S: I actually thoroughly enjoy eating red bean stuff for dessert. M: We've been changed.
M: Also, not all red beans are alike.
We've had red bean stuff in Taiwan, in Korea, in Japan
All the red beans of different Asian countries are different
S: You want another bite of this?
M: No, because I'm saving room for my dango.
S: Okay.
S: Oh yeah~
M: And next up is the dango.
S: DANGO M: DANGO!
M: Which, all I can ever think of is
I think its...
Hana... Dori... Yango...?
Someone help me here!
Hana yori dango?
I think so.
S: Hannah, you're a dango!
M: I'm just saying, listen Hannah, don't give issues.
M: Ooohhh... So we got four different kinds.
S: Ok so we've got a weird one that we've never tried before,
S: as far as I can remember,
M: You mean the seaweed ones?
S: It's covered in seaweed.
M: Ooohhh... S: I'm gonna try the seaweed one first.
M: Can you take the seaweed one out?
S: Smells... like rice dipped in soy sauce.
M: This is so fresh looking.
S: This smells like a fresh onigiri.
M: Woo! This is just... juicin' all over the place.
M: Alright we're goin' in for it. S: Here we go.
M: Hmmmm
S: Oh yeah! M: Oh man.
M: This is fantastic glazed on top. S: hmmmmmhmm
M: I never know how to explain this because it's basically like
I think it's almost like a reduced soy sauce?
And if you think of soy sauce on something sweet,
that sounds gross, but it's not, it's almost like a caramel?
S: yeah.
M: It's like a salty... caramel... Salted Caramel!
S: I think what these do a really good job of
is of giving you the salty and sweet at the same time-
-kinda like salted chocolate M: mmm hmm
so that all of your tongue feels excited.
M: These are so incredibly fresh.
S: Ok, lemme try yours.
M: Simon just spat, you couldn't see it,
M: and he sprayed
S: *lisp* let me try yours!
Is this gonna be weird?
S: Maybe.
M: Was it weird?
S: Well this is the winner.
M: Oh this one's salty! >:(
S: This is great!
M: Hmmm
S: Wow.
M: This is not dessert in any way.
S: No.
M: This is like picnic food.
S: Exactly.
S: I feel like you need to sit down here, and you need to like, pull it out of your picnic basket,
and have a whole bunch of these.
M: Ok, this one here?
You said that onigiri is what it tastes like?
S: Yeah yeah
M: They've actually still coated it in a little bit of the sauce as well
S: Yeah yeah
and so it's kind of like wrapped up with the seaweed on top of it
so it's savory, and then oceany, and then salty all at the same time
S: This is so delightful.
M: ungh
S: It's a snack.
M: Oh you didn't want it, did you?
M and S: *uninterpretable*
Sorry if I look distracted, guys,
but we are being slowly circled in by crows.
M: They're circling us, Ducky!
S: Can't have it.
M: Oh my god! There's another one right there!
S: They are very... like...
Nonverbal? But they're definitely getting their point across.
They're just like flexing their giant crow guns.
S: I think we have to leave, like, a sacrifice of dango for them.
M: Okay. You can have it.
Crow: *What is this?
Crow: *I'm out.
M: K, onto the sweet ones.
S: Oho!
M: Ooohh!
S: So this is a green one-
-covered in adzuki beans M: red bean paste
Oh can you hear that in the background?
There is some magical flute player happening
M: Someone's playing a jazz flute.
S: I think it's Ron Burgundy.
And there's a puppy party happening right behind us.
We have to bring Spudgy here. We have to introduce him to the other puppies.
M: It's not just a puppy party, it's an old people puppy party.
It's like all grandmas and grandpas meeting up with their dogs.
M: Mm... so mine smells like a sesame seed.
S: Mine smells like beans... you know what this reminds me of?
If we were watching Iron Chef, the theme today would be beans.
M: Beans.
S: You just have beans on everything.
M: BEAN BATTLE!
M: k, here I go.
This looks a lot like pepper though.
S: hmmmmm
M: Oh mah gahd.
M: This is a winner.
S: This has that same... chlorophyll taste from that other one you had.
S and M: mmmmm!!!
M: This... is the winner...
S: Oh yeah?
M: It's like they put sugar and salt with the sesame.
S: Okay~
M: It's like a peanut butter—
S: Oh yeah that definitely smells like sesame.
M: It tastes like a salted peanut butter bar.
S: Ok, lemme try this one.
M: Go for it.
S: That right there is the winner.
M: Salted, peanut butter—
S: Woah.
M: -bar.
S: That's amazing.
M: Right?
M: We think what's amazing as well about the mochi
It's like the texture of a marshmallow
except marshmallows, when you bite into them, are very airy
S: Yeah.
M: There's kinda like that fluff on the inside?
S: These are dense marshmallows.
S: You've got some stuff on your lip.
*singing*
S: sambabumboobumboo BOOobooboo
S: It's still on your lip.
Still...
*squeaky sound*
Sweet... Mercy girl how did you get... Got it!
*singing*
S: You have some up here also now.
How in the mercy...?
Did she get that?
I groom my wife because I love her.
*vague rodent sound*
M: I'm scared to try this one now
because you said it tastes like chlorophyll
and that one is delicious
and I don't want the... *GASP*
You just ated the whole thing you d'even share!!
S: I did share! You had the first piece!
Oh my god one of the puppies is coming closer to us
M: *gasp* it's the best one! It's the dachshund puppy!
S: It's the best one!
M and S: Such a pretty boy!
Hello!
S: Oh hello!
*cooing*
M: You are such a sweet puppy!
S: Hello!
Owner: This puppy is 12 years old.
M: Thank you! Very nice to meet you!
M: Hajimemashite!
Owner: Hajimemashite yoroshiku onegaishimasu! ( Nice meeting you!)
Owner: Yoroshiku onegaishimasu.
M (to dog): Get some exercise and you can have more treats!
S: Bye bye~
Owner: Mata ne! ( See you!)
Owner: Mou~ he should walk!
M: Yeah, exactly
Owner: Sou, ne? Lose weight!
S and M: Ahh... Lose weight!
M: Nice to meet you!
S: Bye!
S: Did I mention that this is a magical land where all of your dreams can come true? M: He's doing a little wobble hops.
M: So puppy party starts at five!
S: Okay, puppy party starts at five
M: *points Look, he doesn't want to go
I don't even want to film this video anymore.
Should we just like book it back home and get Spudgy?
M: Look at—look at him not wanting to go!
S: He's being dragged.
*bumbling laugh*
M: Wait what were we talking about?
S and M: Oh ok got it, yeah ok, mochi.
S: Food, umm...
M: Ok, and I know I'm gonna ask this question,
What are desserts like in your country?
Traditional desserts.
Do you also have things like pounded rice with red bean?
Or is it something totally different?
So let me know in the comments section below.
And we don't really know the names of these,
So if you guys can let us know what these are called?
S: We're still learning here, this is all new to us.
M: Yeah, so let us know what these are.
S: Ok, can I go play with the puppies now?
M: Let's go get our dog.
S: Let's go play with the puppies.
M: Hands in the center, ready?
S and M: Teeeeam...
S: Spudgy! M: Break!
S: Oh we should.... Oh...
Ok ready.
S and M: Teeeeeeeam....
S: Break! M: Spudgy!
S: Come on! We were supposed to get this right. Ok.
M: I thought I was on the same page here...
S: Ok let's get this right. 1, 2, 3
Teeeaaammmm.....
S and M: Spudgy!
S: Alright.
M: Got it.